All Forum Posts by: Ryan Kanaley

It’s mostly because I’ve lived here for 20 years or so and I’ve never seen a bad time to buy here in Flag. Even in 2008 home prices slightly dipped about 16% or so for a short time.  Vegas is only 3 hours away and their market was down like 70%! Apart from it being an awesome town, we are also land locked by the Navajo reservation and national parks. The one downside is the ratio between salaries and the housing market. People just don’t make a ton of money here. I think the median household income is like 68k. I’m currently selling my main house and wanted to house hack but the only multi family properties coming on the market are like $1.2 million for a duplex and it just doesn’t math :/ 

Home prices here have always seemed to be higher than most areas. In fact, Flagstaff is affectionately called “poverty with a view” because it’s expensive and super pretty but the main industries are basically just NAU and tourism. Beyond real estate it’s definitely worth checking out. Chances are if you’ve ever been to the Grand Canyon you’ve driven through it. 

I’m looking in Tucson currently and I’ve always got my eye out in Flagstaff (where I live) but they are few and far between. When they pop up in Flagstaff they are usually $1 million or more. 

I live in Flagstaff and work for a local contractor. I’d be happy to ask the owner for a contract template or put you in touch with him if you’d like. I do marketing so I don’t have any direct advice for your question, but I figured I’d offer the little bit of help at my disposal. 

 @James Hwang what’s the link to your Skool meeting? Your strategy is exactly what I’m attempting to do in Tucson. I have one single family near a hospital and am in the market for my first multi family. 

Well, who do I have to talk to, to buy land to either build or get an MFH before it’s complete? 

Hey there, I'm new here and was checking out the "find markets" section. As an army veteran, I was SO shocked to see that city on there. I was just curious if anybody here has any personal feedback on investing in that area and can shed some light (other than numbers) on why that place would be worthwhile.

I apologize in advance to anybody who lives there and loves it. I spent a year in Fort Sill, and I don't think I could name one redeeming quality about Lawton other than houses are cheap. Among many other reasons, I can think of at least three times someone tried to fight me, leaving a gas station or a restaurant there. It just felt like that whole place was filled with military and people who had the army and worked in some sort of service industry to serve the military. I hated it so much that when they offered to keep me in my unit (which meant no chance of going to Iraq or Afghanistan), I turned it down and chose the combat zone options instead. 

I seriously am not just making a post to crap on Lawton, and my experience was over a decade ago, but I just picked up a client from Oklahoma today that said: "Yikes, sorry you got Fort Sill, Lawton is the armpit of this state."Which sparked this post, actually. It's probably because I'm new, but I thought staying away from places with only one industry, high crime, and low income was the rule of thumb.

What am I missing?